Everyone at the PIT already knows about this. But for my non-PIT friends, if you’ve ever rode in a New York City taxi and didn’t bother to hit the “turn off this damn video” button, this is for you:

This project is being done by Scott Eckert, a teacher, mentor, and friend of mine from the PIT. Also, if you ever have an opportunity to see him ( Read more... )

How to tell your child has an interest in dance. Lesson 1:

Maybe it’s time for dance lessons…

Originally published at The Many Hats of Jason Specland. You can comment here or there.

The brilliant comedy musical improv duo of Booth and Pat have done it again. And by “it” I mean made something awesome. And wrong. And awesome. And so, so, very wrong. And awesome.

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Originally published at The Many Hats of Jason Specland. You can comment here or there.

A pigeon waiting for an uptown 6 train at 51st St.


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Many of you are familiar with engrish.com, a site that makes fun of many Asian cultures (primarily Japanese) using English incorrectly in amusing ways.

As one could imagine, there is a flip-side to this.

Hanzismatter.com is a study of incorrect use of Hanzi (Chinese characters) and Kanji (Japanese characters, which is mostly a subset of Hanzi) in ( Read more... )